Water-gage.



Patented Oct. 19, 1909. 6 SHBBTS/-SHEET 1.

F. M. ASHLEY.

WATER GAGE.

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WATER GAGE.

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Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

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ATTORNEY P. M. ASHLEY.

WATER'GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED SBF120, 1900.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909. 6 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

F. M. ASHLEY.

WATER GAGE.

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WATER GAGE. .APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 20, 1900.

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vFRANK M. ASHLEY, OF BROOKLYN, YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALBERT T. SCHARPS, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

WATER-GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1909.

Application filed.y September 20, 1900. Serial No. 30,608.

To all whom it may concern: f

Be it known that I, FRANK M. ASHLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at No. I 63 Central Place, Brooklyminthe county of Kings and' .State of New York, have in-. vented certain new and useful Im rovements in lll'atenGa'ges, of which the fol owing' is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to water gages forI steam boilers and the like, and its object is to construct a gage which shall be sim le in construction and at the same time Wil give l indication of the height of the water or other Huid in the receptacle to which itis attached f in a positive and certain manner.

A further object is to provide a gage which shall not be liable to breakage of glass by reason of sudden changes of temperature or other cause. i

The invention will be moreparticularly described hereinafter with reference to the l accompanying drawings in which various j forms which the invention may take in pracf' tice are shown.

In the drawings, Figure l, isa central vertical longitudinal sectional view of a gage constructed in accordance with my invention. Figs. 2 and 3, 'are similar views of modified forms of the invention. Fig. 4, is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of still another form of the invention, the section beingl in the plane indicated by the broken line 4 4, Fig. 6. Fig. 5, is a vertical transverse section of the construction disclosed in the preceding gure, the plane of section being that in icated by the broken line 5-5, Fig. 4, and the valve handle being omitted. Fig. 6, is a front elevation of the gagev illustrated in Fig. 4. Fig. 7, is a sectional plan of a further form of the invention, the plane of section being that indicated by the broken line 7-7, Fig. 9. Fig. 8, is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the gage last referred to, the plane of section being that indicated by the broken line 8 8, Fig. 9. Fig. 9, is an e levational view of the gage disclosed inthe preceding two ligures and looking in the direction of the arrow, Fig.- 7 Fig. 10, is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of another embodiment of the invention, the plane of section being that indicated' by the broken line 10-10, Fig. 11.' Fig. 11, is a front elevational view of the gage disclosed in the preceding figure. Fig.

12, is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of still another form of the gage, the plane o f section being that indicated by the broken line 12-12, Fig. 13. Fig. 13, is a front elevational view ot' the gage set fort-h in Fig.

12. Fig. 14, is a vertical longitudinal sec? tional view of another modification of the invention, the plane of section being that indicated by the broken line 14--14, Fi 15. Fig. 15, is a front elevational view o the gage shown 1n I1 1g. 14. Fig. 16, is a view, 65

I vertical .longitudinal sectional view 'of the/70 gage last referred to, the plane of section being `that indicated by the broken line 17g- 17 Fig. 16. Fig. 18, is a view partly in central vertical longitudinal section, of a slightlymoditied form of the gage shown in F ig.y 16.v Fig. 19, is a side view, partly in section, of av gage, or column alarm comprising a number of distinct gages.. Fi 20, 1s a detail vertical lsectional view cig one of the gages disclosed -in Fig. 19, the plane of section beingthat indicated by the broken line 20-20, Fig. 21.' Fig. 21, is a front elevational view of the construction illustrated in Fig. 19.` Fig. 22, `is a'vertical sectional view of a Water column with my improved water gages mounted thereon, .to illustrate their proper position on a column.

Referrimgf` more particularly to `the drawings, 1 represents the body of the gage, having a screivthread 2 adapted to engage a9() similar thread on the boiler, or in lieu there` v*of other suitable means may be provided for attachingl the device to the boiler, or other receptac e, such for instance as the columns showuin Figs. 19 to 22, in which is' con- 95 be of any design or shape, but the lower portion of the chamber should vext/end belo1 the 105 trapping wall l1 in the passae, in order tliatwhenwater, or 'other fluit?, enters the chamber through the passage a portion of the water will be trapped in the chamber '.and prevented from flowing back 'into the 110 In the body is boiler. The chamber, preferably, however,

-is of such shape that when the liquid Hows back into the boiler enough of it will not be trapped to entirely fill the chamber. A cover 5 of glass or other suitable transparent or translucent material is clamped against the body 1 over the chamber 3 by means of an annular ring 6 or other suitable means. A ring of packing material 7 may be inserted between the glass and the boiler. In the operation of the device, when the water in the boiler reaches the level of vpassage 4 it will flow therethrough into the chamber 3 and as long" as the level of the water in the boiler isabove the top of chamber 3, the glass 3 will not be changed in appearance, but as soon as the water level drops in the boiler it will also drop in the chamber 3 and a dark line, being the line of the water level in the chamber, will appear across the glass 5. lVhen the water in the boiler drops below the top of the trapping wall 11 this line will still appear upon the. glass because some of the water will be trapped within the chamber. Therefore, as long as the water level in the boiler is above the gage no indication will appear upon the glass, but as long as it is below the passage a line will appear across the glass.

In-the modification shown in Fig. 2 the chamber 3 is made .eccentric to the passage 4 in order that that portion of the chamber within which water is trapped may be made larger. In this instance the gage is provided with a blow-off passage 8 controlled by a valve 9, thelatter havingv a blow-oft' passage l() at an angle to the main passage 4 whereby theblow off outlet may beopened without closing passage 4 and whereby with the same valve the passage 4 may be closed at the time the blow olf passage is opened.

In Fig. 3 substantially the same construction is shown except that to avoid the difficulty of turning the eccentric chamber and screw thread upon the body, the chamber, body and screw threads are made concentric but the passage 4 is correspondingly curved. Although this form is more economical so far as the formation of the exterior of the body is concerned, yet it is itself expensive in that the passage 4 must be correspondingly curve In Fig. 4 instead of forming with a straight passage 4 the body is cast with the trapping wall 11 which serves to trap the water in chamber 3. In this instance the passage 4 is always open, but the blowofl' passage 8 is controlled by the valve 12 which is suitably mounted in the body.

15 represents the water in the gage in all of the various illustrations.

In Figs. 7 and 8 the glass is located at the side of the body and the passage 4 is controlled by a valve 13. The valve -12 con` trolling the blowofll passage 8 is operated in thereto controlled b .to secure by Letters Patent,

substantially the same manner but the handle 14 thereof is located in front of the valve.

In Fig. l0 a modified form of glass is shown, it being made tubular in form in order that the water line therein may be seen from the sides as well as from directly in front of the ga e. p

In Fig. 12 the c amber 3 is located above the valve 12 controlling the blowof passa e and the body port-ion is correspondingy altered.

In Fig. 14 the handle 14 which operates the valve l2 controlling the blow oil passage 8 serves as a casing containing the walls of chamber 3 and also the glass 5. In this case the passage 14 is formed in the stem of the valve 12.

vIn Figs. 16, 17 and 18 the plug 17 contains two passages 18 and 19 adapted to register lrespectively with the main and with the blow off passages. In this instance the trapping chamber is provided with a lining of white enamel 23 against which the water line appears more clearly.

In Figs. 19 to 21 the column is suitably connected to the boiler and the passages vthe valves 21 and 22. The trapping cham ers communicate with the interior of the column and are located one above the other. The height of Water in the boiler to which the lcolulnn is attached is therefore determined by the number of glasses in which a water line can be seen. If the water in the boiler is below all the gages a water line will appear in all, as shown in Fig. 21. i

In Fig. 22 the chamber 4 and passage 3 are formed in a casting adapted to be screwed or otherwise attached to the column or boiler.

In operat-ion, where the age is used in connectlon with steam boi ers, or places where the liquid is under pressure, the water line will appearV only at the center of the glass, because as soon as the water level in the boiler rises to the opening of the assage 3 the pressure `forces the fluid into c amber 4 suficiently to lill the entire chamber.

It will be seen that the glass used in this construction may be made very `thick, the thickness in practice being customarily about three .eighths of 'an inch or more, .and also that but a small surface of glass is` exposed to the steam and water, or to damage by blows from outside the gage. Therefore there is a minimum of danger of the glass bursting or 1 breaking under pressure or changes in temperature, or from blows.

AHaving, thus described my invention, I declare that what I claim as new, and desire l. A water gage comprising a4 body having a conduit throughout its length, a recess formed at 4one end thereof, a transparent ing a conduit t roughout its length, a recess formed at one end thereof, a member extending across said recess and thereby formino" a trapping chamber, and removable means or holding said last named member to the body.

4. A water gage comprising a bod portion, a glass disk, and a rinv, the sai body portion and disk forming a duid trap, a passage extending from the trap-to the atmosphere, and the ring serving to bind the said parts together.

5. A'water gage comprising a body ortion containing a fluid conduit, a g ass, means for securing the glass to said body portion, said -body portion and glass thereby forming a trap, the top of which communicates with said fluid conduit, and a shank port-ion formed on said body ortion and adapted. to engage a steam bo' er or other mechanical device.

6. A Water gage comprising a casting having a `depress1on in its face and a conduit extending from said depression to the opposite end of the casting, said conduit extend- -said glass to said body portion.

`8. A water gage comprising a body portion having a conduit throughout its len h,

a recess formed at one end thereof, a g ass extending across said recess and thereby forming a trappingI chamber, meansl for holding said glass to said body port-ion and a valve controlling said conduit.

9. A Water gage comprising a body portion having a conduit throughout its length, 55. a recess formed atone end thereof, a glass extending across said recess and thereby forming a trapping chamber, means for holding said glass to said body, a valve iitted in said body and adapted .to control said conduit 'and also to control an outlet passage ormed in the body and leading to the l atmosphere.

In testimony whereof I afx my signature, in prsence of two witnesses.

FRANK M. ASHLEY.'

Witnesses:

C. V. EDWARDS, Gno. Hass. 

